Explosive Detection and Identification by PGNAA

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/911002· OSTI ID:911002

Seabury, E H; Caffrey, A J

The goal of this project was to determine the feasibility of using field-portable prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) to detect and identify explosives in improvised nuclear devices (INDs). The studies were carried out using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The model results were tested experimentally using explosive simulants and the PINS PGNAA system developed at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The results of the MCNP calculations and PINS measurements are presented in this report. The calculations and measurements were in good agreement and indicate that most explosives are readily distinguishable from one another.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NN
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 911002
• Report Number(s): INEEL/EXT-04-02475; TRN: US0704336
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 - MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE, 46 - INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 73 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS, 75 - CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY, 98 - NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
DETECTION
EXPLOSIVES
INEEL
LANL
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
explosives detection
neutron activation analysis
PGNAA